The Fountain of Life.
I thought, when leaves were falling
Among the woodland ways,
That life was like the seasons,
And loneseme autumn days
Would follow youth's bright summer,
Aud under skies grown cold,
Ihe heart must sit in sadness,
Because it groweth old.
Then you, whose love I lean on,
Smiled down into my eyes,
And though the leaves were falling,
I saw the summer skies.
You kissed me, and the blossoms
Of summer days came back.
irae heart, if love be with us,
"hat is there life can
»
lack ?
I quaff of love's elixir;
My heart is always young;
"va found the fabled fountain
Of which old poets sung
h, love me—love me always
And though my hair grows gray,
Ay heart will keep the sunshine
bat fills the summer day.
EE EIGHT FORTY-FIVE.
-
1 Greysark & Co,, East India mer-
chants, of Rood Lane, City, knew Mr.
Jonathan Greysark simply as a very
xell-to-do bachelor of five-and-forly—
resh-faced, well-dressed, gemal, and
iffable, as a man tolerably well fittted
ut with the good things of this life,
ind unhampered by ties and encum-
rances should be. But Mr. Philip
whose days were nassed within
fice, regarded his wealthy and
voyer from a somewhat
nt of view, Mr. Penn had
steadiness and business knowl
in no small degree helped Jona-
Greysark to his enviable sition
» commercial world; he had serve
use faithfully for upward
years, yet he was simply a
"which position, despite of fre-
rayers and petitions, Mr. Grey-
apparently determined
until the time cam
entirely with hus services.
Penn’s life was b
meaus a happy one, for, in addition to
8 CO reial an
ng
pe of a blackguard brotl
tood in the felon’
if extensive for
Is 1n prison
atid $1
L quiet
Mid,
i
po
of
}
to
poor Yy no
peers iae 3 ¢
tro ibles, ue had
skeleton
domestic
8 dock
Grreysarl
aiso aware that
WD almost insu
erk’s advance in
mean
aetti
La0e
was
Wii
Wiss
xy}
Lue
id Uy
weekly largesse
a stranger to u
i guard
and
oid
elsewhere,
knew not Jo
ubstituted, it so
zg, Grevsark
*
i118 paper
y and
Rr: magisieru
miy to nd
+ " In i Fes
L--and In fact |
1
' 1a rt » €
iis pace similiar]
on became
only Lhe girl's pleas-
SOMMewWHA
sing, and
t face checked the audible express on
his discontent. The same
rred the morning after and t
ing alter that.and the young 8.45 bu
f
thing oc-
he morn-
Ks,
‘ourse, regarded the affair as a cap-
ke, remarked that the great man
nstead of rampiz id raging away to
ther carriage, only contentedly
into the same one, but passed a
hi greater part of hour and a
juarter’s journey in looking at the girl
tLe top of his newspaper than in
ig the c¢ article, In a fort-
Lime it was observed that
ter out, carried her little par-
cels and saw Ler safely in an omnibus
‘or the Mansion House; and in three
weeks’ time it was noticed that
*hatted easily and familiarly with
er as if he bad known her for years,
gE al
fad
nov
10
the
$a
ily
hie
as
Lie wealthy bachelor of Rood Lane
#as enamored of the youug lady, When
iis attention first became marked she
sssumed the proper attitude of unpro-
tected virtue, and confined her answers
to rather curt monosyllables: but when
tier femininejperspicuityassured her that
the most honorable of intentions, she
unbent and told him that her name was
Phyllis, that she was a student at the
South Kensingtion School of Art, and
bat shie resided at Brighton with her
aunt,
‘Miss Phyllis,” said Greysark one
morning, as they walked along the
London bridge platform, '*as some sort
of assurance that 1 only entertain the
and admiration for you, I think that I
should mention that my name is Grey-
sark, that I am the head of one of the
most respected houses in the eity of
London, and that as I am quite aware
mpressions in the minds of people who
uly judge by appearances, with your
ermission nothing would give me
greater pleasure than to call upon your
sunt at Brighton,”
At the mention of the name Greysark
he girl's color deepened somewhat,
und she raised her eyes to his face for
& few seconds, Then she sald:
“I am sure that my aunt would be
delighted to maks your acquaintance,
Mr, Greysark.”
Accordingly, on the followmng Sun
day, Mr. Greysark, instead of perform-
ing bis usual weekly duty to society by
an afternoon lounge on the green, be-
took himself to Regency Square and
was ushered into the presence of a
smiling, gary-haired lady, who might
have stepped from an ancestral picture
frame, and who received him with the
stately urbanity of a courtier of the old |
school. Beg a man of business, |
Jonathan Greysark lost no time in
beating about ths bush, but plunged at
once in medias res, described the origin |
of his acqaintance with Phyllis, ex- |
pressed himself in such happy lan- |
| guage, blew his own trumpet in such a |
| pleasant, unassuming manner, declared |
{ his devotion in such fervid phrases, in
| fact, put matters before the old lady in
{| such an attractive light that she was
completely won over,
“Of course, Mr, Greysark,” she said
in reply, **as 1 am only the girl’s aunt, |
{ 1 have no direct authority in the mat- |
ter. Butif ’hyllis regards your suit us
| favorably as I do, I can only recom-
mend that you should address a letter
| to her father in London, state the case
| as you have stated it to me, and abide
by his decision.”
‘But it is an extraordinary phase of
our acquaintance,”’ said the merchant,
“that I do not know your niece’s sur- |
| name yet,”
Perhaps the old lady was struek by
the strangeness of this avowal, but at
any rate she hesitated a moment, seemed
al confused, and tMen replied,
“Her name is Fleming, Mr, Greysark;
a letter addressed to Mr. Robert Flem-
ing and given to me will insure its safe
dis] atch.’
ark riaid
But wou
ittle
1 1t cot be better for me
to call upon Mr. Fleming myseK,”’ said
Mr. Greysarg, ‘My business experience
has taught me that
view is worth a dozen letters,
"No it is, as a general rule, Mr. Grey-
' replied the old lady. *‘But Mr.
ovements are so uncertain,
taking him so frequently
i a, that ourse |
1 would, I think, be the |
one parsonal inter-
*
little general conserva-
Mr. Greysark took his leave, re-
solved that he would without delay
formally propose to Phyllis, and if het
answer should be favorable, as he had
not the least reason to doubt it would
, indite his letter to Mr. Fleming.
rdingly, the next mornin
I. bridge, instead of
into a Mansion House
he fr
Ls upon
fre
Maon
18i8ted i ne
»oa0ns tL
room for
down to indi }
Fleming, After muct
best he
creame-laid note,
Howing:
I It is with no litt
I address one who is a com-
r to me, na subject of
tance al which
upies my pen; but I am sure |
te AiR
WGN
Hoan
4}
’ #} ios Tar
as wil OW
ge
JOu w iil
PT |
JU0
h
htly 1e ink that
u 2} taking by the
ou arrive at the end of the let
In short, I wish to obtain vour con
I
rr
ie vir,
J
il to my marriage with vour charm-
g dauglter Phyllis. As this is to
some extent a matter of business, |
may Inform you that I made the young
lady's acquaintance in the Brighton
train, by which we have been fellow-
passengers daily for some weeks past;
that I obtained then not only her eon-
sent to my proposal, but the entire ap-
probation of her aunt, upon whom I
had the pleasure of calling, with your
daughter’s permission,
For your satisfaction I may add that,
se
i+
ill
strength; that 1 am the sole and respon- |
sible head of one of the best known |
and most respected business houses in
the city of London, and that I am in |
You may verify, if |
you please, by the most minute inves-
a fitting position & a lady,
The entire happiness of my life, and |
[ dare add that of your daughter’s, |
rests upon your decision as to whether
she shall be my wife or not, and [ im-
plore you not to be infuenced in your
cumstanees under which our meeting
took place, and our consequent ac-
qualutance and intimacy were formed,
If you will kindly take a week to con-
sider this, to me, vital question, I shall
cord, I am, my dear sir, your very obe-
dient servant.
JONATHAN GREYSARK
Having read this two or thres times
over to assure himsell that he had not
sald too much or too little, Jonathan
Greysark placed it in an envelope ad-
dressed to Robert Fleming, Esq., and
that agaln in an envelope which he
urposed to hand to the old lady at
Jrighton,
The week seemed interminable to the
enamored Jonathan, Men remarked
that he seemed absent-minded and pre-
occupled, but two or three of his fel.
low-passengers by the 8 45, who were
in the same market, told the story of
his capture by the preity girl in the
train, snd so accounted for his pecu-
liarity. He himself, however, was in a
state of anxiety to which he had long
been a stranger. Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday passed, and no answer from
the mysterious Mr, Fleming arrived,
Perhaps the old lady had forgotten to
his missive, Old ladies, so
occurs
rences, were, he knew, often oblivious
Perhaps—but
he shuddered at the thought and cast
it from him— Phyllis was too good, too
honest, too much of a lady, to be so
base and cruel; on the other hand, pos-
Fleming was instituting in-
It was natural that an affec-
time Penn brought in a visitor's name
the smerchant expected to hear *‘Mr.
Robert Fleming’ announced. On
Friday afternoon he called in Mr, Penn.
“Kindly shut the door,” he said; **1
have something of importance to speak
to you about.”
Mr. Penn obeyed, and anxiously in-
spected his employer's face,
“Mr. Penn,” began the merchant,
with a preliminary clearing of his
throat, **'you have been in my service
now for somes years, and you have given
me very general satisfaction in the
performance of your duties,’
Penn's face brightened. Certainly a
rise in salary was coming, perhaps
something more substantial. But all
was dashed to the ground with the first
word of the great man’s next sentance,
“Bat,” continued Greysark, **I have
been thinking the matter over very
serious! and I have arrived at
conciusion that I must dis
h your services at the expira-
tion of a month from this date.”
The poor clerk gasped and clutched
table for support, and would have
but for a magisterial
. Greysark’s hand.
very evident to me,” continue
is employer, ¥ §
needed in this business. In fact, I pro-
to take a partner, and by so act-
away with the 1
handsome salary {o a
lately,
Fil
the painful
pensa wil
vi
ii
“ie t
is 1s
} . ito
Uo RCARSILY
ia head
Greysark!” almost shr
Peun. “Do hear ms. 1 have
you to make this business, 1
this office for "we
You
11
i
eked
m than
have
+
Hever once
111¢ «
iv Wi
moreover
iL possibly
Worx so
If you «
{ introduc
CLUATRe
1 New
IE new
will have to
frst arrest and
interrupted
wave of
use you
i afterwas
Ur CASS Iy
1
i: 10
igement
! ¥ Way
£¢ you a
ACKDOW ie
of
wall !
“a as 0
3 ] propose
You must
mind, You
5 observati His
ich I have a
to req:
Yi . I think it
rou, however, that the
for lec]
take a partner 18 that I am pois
that is, when (}
lady's father
"sald the cle rk,
*, Surely the eve of mar-
most naturally inspire
You are about to make
yourself as happy as a human being can
bly be, yet you wish to inaugurate
that period by reducing to want and
ruin an old and tried servant. I know
you too wall, sir—or, rather, I think
too well of you-n sure that if
you carry out this latter intention your
conscience must prick you in afler-life.”
“Mr. Penn,” said Greysark severely,
“1 told you not to bandy words with
me, so let me hear no more, I am now
going to Drighton. Do pot omit to
forward all letters to my address there.
You will please be particular in this,
1 must say, Mr. Penn, that I am not a
ittle astonished that, remembering, as
you must, what I have done for you,
and how with your tarnisted name you
might long ere this have been begging
3
i
1
red
Ff Dieser
ie
my
poss
ob to be
sume to offer me advice on my own
affairs. But I will say no more."
The clerk lingered on in the room. as
be left to clutch at.
**Mr. Greysark, you observed just now
that the fact of your marriage depends
father.”
sory
replied the merchant,
“If he should refuse his consent?”
said Penn.
“Refuse, Mr, Penn!
claimed Greysark. “Such a thing is
simply impossible, simply too ridieu-
lous to be entertained for 4 moment.
The head of the house of Jonathan
Greysark & Co, I should imagine, was
a fit mateh for any one,”
**So you may think, sir,” said Penn
quietly; *‘but fathers sometimes hold
strange opinions,”
*'#Mr. Penn, you are insolent, sir!’ al-
most roared the merchant, rising in his
chair, and glaring at his clerk with
furious eyes,
Penn fumbled in his pockets, and
continued, still quietly, * Well, sir, 1n
this case the father’s opinion does hap-
pen to differ from yours, and he re-
fuses his sanction to his daughter's
marriage.’
Jonathan Greysark started from his
chair, his face Jetocsly livid, his eyes
and mouth wide open, Peun drew
forth a letter from his pocket, unfolded
it, and as if utterly unconscious of the
storm he raised, resumed;
“You have addressed this letter to
Mr. Robert Fleming, the father of
Phyllis, the young lady to whom you
have been paying your addresses, I,
quite familiar, prefer to be known in
my circle of acqualntance as Robert
Fleming. Phyllis 18 my daughter and
I
“No, nol
Gireysark in
-
don’t go on?’ shouted
a volee of supplication.
* = * -
In the course of a few weeks Phyllis
Penn became Mrs, Johnathan Greysark,
and the style of the firm in Rood Lane
was altered to Greysark, Penn & Co.
--e
REAL HAIR FOR DOLLS,
Two or Three Wigs in Different Styles
for Each Doll.
A new Industry has sprung up on
Fifth avenue. It is the manufacture
than many real wigs and
The place takes up the
whole first floor of a big house.
The first dolls’ wigs
The head of the firm
told about the way he happened
business.
4
LO
“For several years I have had calls
ren had torn the hair from dolls they
were much attached to, This season I
began to make them and I have re.
ceived far more orders than expected.
aver
its second wig.”
The proprietor took the reporter to a
counter where lay a beautiful
about two high, with ball and
socket joints, a pink complexion
except where the paint had wor
On its head was a real
blonde hair with a fluffy
and French twist
fee
to be
1
yet ti
he wig came of
and fitted as
maker had made |
It cost only
“It Is
continued
‘for a dol
They
JL
1 to have two or
are g
fash
Leltiid
i )
ol up in styles
onable actress,
are just as well made ane
inable in proportion
by the little girl
and it
i ide
i
asad
ig
had orders
I'bey will
. The latest
8. We have made
le girl out fo
i with her.
and put
nm and take
i to be a rivalry an
see who Das the
loll. It is be
i orted
ie eM
wil to Lake
yi must
th her dress,
Wf cou i
armony wi
at this fash
t the {rade in wigs is
=o far, I believe,
actarer. It
wo days to make a doll’s
trade in
‘ Ise the
}
on in dolls
$a la
ARES
dolls’
wig
n—-—
Adulterating Food,
Few abuses come home more strongly
to the people than the adulteration of
It is a crime, and there are legal
penalties for it in every State, which
have never been carried out. It 1s not
confinedg to ona or two articles, but
extends to almost everything that comes
preserves, flours, butter, spices, coffee,
milk, and wines and liquors, Under
the easy system of tolerance, which has
existed for so many years in this coun-
try, the business of adulterating food
tell, without crwcible tests, what food
feiting of articies of universal diet has
effect can ever be obtained.
We have always been accustomed to
upon the subject. The paragraphers of
at the bogus butter, the chalked and
watered milk, the coffee that is not
coffee, and the wine made from vile
chemicals, The papers have sounded
the same subjects in ponderous edito-
and drink our adulterated food and die
in happy ignorance,
But the National Pure Food Conven-
tion, lately held in Washington, and,
strange as It may seem, mainly com-
posed of wholesale and retall grapers,
has determined to make a start toward
preventing adulteration of food in the
Uniled States, and with Mr. H. W.
Amerling of Philadelphia, elected Presi.
dent of the permanent organization,
the first steps have boen taken. This
organization should be helped in its
great work with money by the passage
and execution of necessary laws and by
the press, It has taken up in the most
earnest manner a systematic warfare
against trade swindles and counterfeits,
and it should be upheld at each step
until its work is accomplished by the
passage and enforcemeant of a stringent
national act,
wre alli ——
Minds of only moderate calibre ore
dinarlly condemn everything that is
bevond their range.
! HORSE NOTES.
| =85.8. Brown has started a school
| for his stable employes at Mobile.
~Gilyndon, an Eaglish stallion, has
| been imported by Torouto, Ont., par-
| Lies,
| ~The outlook Is not bright for a
| running meeting in Philadelphia this
| spring,
i Martin
| Jockey, has signed
{ for $1500,
—Jim Guest, for the first time
years, will send his string to Baratoga
this season,
Smedley, the light-weight
with Ed
~The subscription to the Gentle-
men's Driving Course has been reduced
from $25 to $15
~IRobert Steel has purchased twenty
| acres pasture land adjoining
| Cedar Park Farm,
—Dr., James Marshall’s bay trotter
Redben won thirtezn { sixteen
ous
races last season.
of
Of
Tucker, owner of Austriana, is
sald to have refused an offer of $5000
| for the filly not long since.
~James Green, the
trainer, refused £2000 for hi
old colt by General Benton.
trotting-
5 2.1
norse
ry % 3
— Y¥ hi} neky John
brother to N
le Kent
in
y y
purchased a full
W. J. Gord
-Theye
among Lin
he
on, of Cleveland,
has been some
horses at Loi
* 4 $
on and other points |
£
ingt
nraves] hor
PION £ Kn
ped and thick-
IS a grand-iooxing
HAS develo
own
which has been introduced
in the New York Legislature at Al-
bany should, if it becomes a law, regu-
late the much-discussed ting ques-
tion, t limits the days of racipg and
imposes a tax upon the receipts of char-
tered tracks, which tax to constitute a
fund to be drawn upon annually for
prizes for the improvement of breeds of
cattle, sheep and horses,
except those within twenty miles of
1 New York the tax 1s 5 per cent. of the
| receipts. The running tracks within
the twenty.mile limit are required to
contribute not less than $4000 annually,
and the trotting tracks not less than
$1000 annually. The object of this is
[to put a stop to cheap bushwacking
| meetings in the vicinity of the metro-
| polis,
bett
{ Major Campbell Brown read a
| paper on *“Ihe Pacing Horse at the
twelfth annual session of the Tennes.
see Stock Breeders' Association, beld
| at Nashville, Tenn., on February 15,
| In the course of which he said: As far
| back as 1845 the chestnut pacer James
K. Polk made a record of 2.27, and
paced three miles in much faster time
| than any trotter has ever been able to
show, It was in 1854 that the great
| mare Pocahontas made a pacing record
of 2.174, but it was not until the close
of 1857 thal any trotter was able to
beat 2.20. Then Flora Temple trotted
a mile in 2.197, and a continent talked
of the feat witn amazement. The time
made by Pocahontas was not equaled
until 1867, when Dexter made a ree-
ord of 217. To come down to the
present time, Maud 8, had hardly made
her record of 2.08f when Johnston
paced 2} seconds better. 1 once heard
a successful trainer of saddle-horses
say that any natural pacer could be
made a good saddle-horse. The very
first step, however, is to break him of
his tendency to pace, and teach him to
walk, Jox-tpor, trot and canter, and
' hen this is done I defy you to show
one his equal for ease, speed and safety
of locomotion over rough roads or
across country, Again, the natural
pacer, even when trained for the turf,
is much dispersed to trot on track or
road when going at a moderate gait,
and if this tendency be cultivated
there 1s no more intelligent, safe and
pleasent roadster,”
———
| FASHION NOTES,
~-An embroidery effected from aa
antique French design upon twine-
| colored net showed flowers In the rams
| tons mingling with old art colors. The
high lights of this work were seep
{ upon butterflies that reprodaced thy
same colors more vividly, Minglsé
folds of old blue and twine color com
| posed the train of the gown over whict
{ this scarf was draped,
In a vicuna of navy-blue
| shown a waistcoat button on
| shoulder, and the same idea was cas
| ried out upon the skirt in an insertec
front, On this was buttoned plair
| loose draperies, showing stripes of old
gold and cardinal, The back of
| costume, which was cut as a jacket ter
minated in a square, the pointed end
{of which fell over the hips, while ;
salior's collar of plain navy-blue pre
sented an orthodox appearance in fron
and descended the back to within ;
few inches of the button of the waist
In those examples which drapery was
produced in stri latter were
| usually earried in a horizontal direc.
tion upon the skirt and shown
wise upon the bodice,
Wa
ing th
#3: 84
Wid i]
pes the
Cross
ut
i
- ig a Bavadere
n bl a loose front
white point carried frou
to the feet, with a bordering
from the side drapery,
the
An example OwWir
siriping 1
of
the neck
of jet emanating
and
in
to defer
ure until
creasing
matrons
coifl
ges INAny
¢ arrangement of their
after breakfast, and jackets to be worn
at that repast are becoming ins.itu-
ti Tailor-made or other walking
skirts are put on as usual, and this ma-
tutinal novelty substituted for
bodice. At present it offers a more
serviceable appear
ence, ob
#
i
Ons,
and substantial
ance than the tea jacket. One imported
recently is of velvet in fawn tabac,
close-fitticg at the back, and displaying
from: under the loose fronts a pale blue
Surah blouse, Similar silk is used for
the bishop sleeves, while a pelisss of it
borders the entire jacket and is seen at
! the neck below the high standing col-
lar of velvet,
~The new millinery baring from
the same capital is little less suggestive
of a departure from old lines. The
tendency of the decoration upon hats
{is to assume the appearance of a
| cockatoo’s crest, erect and expanded
| like a fan. Lace ribbons, feathers and
| pompons all lend their aid toward the
| attainment of this idea; while on the
| traverse, or under-brim, the bow, when
| supplied takes a butterfly form. Large
| Directoire hats threaten to become
fashionable, and are pronounced to be as
well adapted for middle-aged ladies as
| they are for the youthful, When made
for the latter the brim is cogquettishly
turned up on one side, while a more
{ matronly effect, as well as shade for
| the face, is obtained by giving the edge
{a downward curve. An example, re-
i producing the shape worn by Jane
Hading, is of black velvet, with an
ample plume of feathers to match, and
a butterfly bow poised on the traverse,
which forms a coronet to the bead,
~-A hat of black Chantilly lace had
its large forward slanting bows in that
shade of old pink which nature pro-
duces on the unopened bud of the com-
mon lilac blossom, The cleit velvet
brim of another terminated in front is
two jetted wings, which #tood promi.
nently forward, while the same direo-
tion was given to the galloon ribbon,
and feathered wings introduced as a
decoration, and the crown was sopphed
in lace. Five ostrich feathers, high
standing pompons and clusters of rib-
bons found a place oun the crown edge
of a brown cloth hat, the brim of
which was due to velvet. A shape
known as the “‘Amy" had long ears
described by a frill of Chantilly lace,
and was sharply pointed both back
and front. Protruding wings and bows
of old rose mingled with black lace,
to give the essen crested centre to
this toque, which had its iuner edge
bordered with jet beads,